Re: EARTHSTORM -- Easter Sunday on Sci-Fi!!

wdstarr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (William December Starr) writes:
>modern trains air brakes work the other way around -- they _engage_
>when they lose all air pressure[*1] -- it wasn't horrible either.)
>
> *1: Or so a bunch of train buffs said, after the film aired
>     the first time.

It's true, and not just on trains. Modern air brakes are fail-safe because
the air is used to open the brake against spring tension. *
-- 
* PV   something like badgers--something like lizards--and something
       like corkscrews.